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1997
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Robert Wessing, « Nyai Roro Kidul in Puger : Local Applications of a Myth », Archipel, ID : 10.3406/arch.1997.3395
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Robert Wessing This paper explores the position of Nyai Roro Kidul in the local pantheon of ancestral and other spirits in the fishing village of Puger on the south coast of East Java. It notes how the spirit queen serves as an explanation of the perils faced by fishers in the dangerous Indian Ocean currents and her connection with various aspects of their daily lives. The paper also maps specific locations of spirits within Puger, sorting them into those associated with the village and those belonging with Nyai Roro Kidul, defining a boundary across which interaction between these two domains takes place. Finally the offers brought to the spirit queen are looked at in terms of how these return to her some of the prosperity she has given, by symbolically offering her the essence of the community itself.